Chapter 926 Grace’s Excitement
However, what surprised Grace even more was Toby’s lavishness. These few bottles of wine were worth several million each, yet he gave them away without the slightest hesitation. Not only that, but these wines were extremely invaluable. There were only 100 bottles of each kind of these wines in the world. With each bottle drunk, there would be one bottle less of them.
She thought that people basically bought these wines not to drink them, but to collect them. And yet, Toby gave these collectible wines away as a gift—a degree of lavishness that few people could reach. Seems like he has mended his ways and does love Sonny very much. Otherwise, how could he possibly gift my husband with these wines?
After all, Curtis isn’t really his father-in-law. Still, he gave these wines to Curtis as a gift. Obviously, this means that he loves Sonny so much that he’s willing to treat us as his actual parents-in-law for her sake, right? At the thought of this, she inwardly gave Toby a passing mark with a few dozen bonus points. As for the last dozens of points, she had to observe and scrutinize him further.
Toby’s eyes flickered slightly for a moment, as if he had sensed what Grace was thinking. After taking a glance at Curtis—who was smiling creepily at those wines—he stood up and handed the remaining few bags of gift boxes to her. “Mrs. Lane, these are the presents I prepared for you. Take a look and see if you like them.”
Grace was startled for a moment before she pointed at herself. “Are there presents for me too?”
Toby nodded. “Yes, of course. There are presents for Mr. Lane, and so do you, naturally. I can’t favor one of you more than the other, right?”
This time, it was Grace’s turn to feel embarrassed. Touching her cheek, she replied with a smile, “Well, thank you so much for the presents.” She gave him another ten bonus points in her mind. Hmm, now he’s 30 points away from a perfect score.
“You’re very welcome, Mrs. Lane. Why don’t you take a look at the presents?” Toby replied as he sat back down.
She rolled her eyes inwardly at Curtis, who was toying with the wine bottles one after another. Look at how silly that old man is. Those who don’t know what’s going on would think that he’s groping a woman. How pathetic! She withdrew her gaze in disdain before turning to look at the gift boxes before her.
Thanks to those bottles of wine, she knew that with Toby’s lavishness, his presents for her had to be extraordinary as well. Well, I don’t know how extraordinary these gifts are, but I definitely won’t be as silly as Curtis. At the thought of this, she calmly put down the teacup in her hand and smiled gracefully at Toby, saying, “Well, in that case, I’ll open them to take a look.”
Toby’s thin lips curled into a faint smile as he gestured to Grace to go ahead.
Grace exhaled softly before placing her hands on the gift box’s ribbon. After opening the first gift box, she looked at its contents and was stunned.
The next instant, she cried out, “Ahhhh!” The situation was exactly the same as how Curtis had reacted upon seeing the first bottle of wine just now.
Curtis was startled, too. After clasping the bottle of wine in his hand to his chest, he glared at Grace angrily. “What are you doing, honey? You startled me so much that I nearly dropped my wine. Can you pay for it if I drop it?” God only knew how frightened and panic-stricken he was when he nearly lost his grip on the bottle of wine in his hand after being startled by her cry just now. His heart had almost stopped, and he even felt that he had had the living daylights scared out of him at that very moment.
When Grace heard Curtis’ complaint, the look of excitement on her face froze for a moment. She turned her head and gave him a dirty look, saying, “Shut up and mind your own business!” Then, she let out a snort and ignored him. After withdrawing her gaze, she reached out her hands toward the next gift box and proceeded to open it with her hands trembling in excitement.
Seeing how Grace behaved just like how he himself had a moment ago, Curtis said to Toby with glaring eyes, “Look at her, Toby! She chided me just now, but isn’t she acting the same right now?”
Toby drank his tea and smiled without saying a word.
Grace soon opened the second gift box and saw its contents. Although she had already had an idea of what the gift box might contain, now that she had seen its contents for real, she couldn’t help but let out another cry of excitement. “These are the Almani bag and the top-grade Chenal perfume, both of which will only be available for purchase in the next quarter! Could the rest of the items be…” She gave a gulp of exhilaration while shifting her gaze to the remaining few boxes. Her eyes glittered with apparent covetousness, like a wolf that spotted its prey.
The next instant, she quickly reached for the remaining few gift boxes, opening them swiftly. Seeing the cosmetics, silk scarves, and the like in those gift boxes, she instantly let out a gasp and clutched her chest with both hands. Color suffused her face as she felt she was going to pass out from extreme happiness. “T-These are top-end luxury items that will only be on the market in the next quarter! Usually, I can only view them on the official websites. To think that I’d see the real stuff right before me! I… I have no regrets in life anymore!” she said excitedly while sinking back onto the sofa and staring at the ceiling.
Seeing her act like this, Curtis curled his lips. “Isn’t it just some cosmetics, handbags, and stuff like that? It’s not like you can eat or drink them. Do you have to get so worked up as to say that you have no regrets in life anymore?” He couldn’t understand why women liked these. My wines are way better, he thought with a cheerful grin while carefully holding one of the wine bottles in his arms.
When Toby looked at Grace, who was still in a daze after collapsing on the sofa, then at Curtis, who was smiling very foolishly at those wines, the smile on his lips deepened.
After a while, Grace recovered from her excitement and sat up on the sofa. After looking at the pile of presents before her that would make any woman go insane, she finally looked up at Toby, who was drinking tea. “Oh, Toby.”
After being here for such a long time, Toby finally sensed that Grace was warming up to him. This was his first time hearing her address him so cordially, and to be honest, he was somewhat unused to it. “Yes, Mrs. Lane.” He put down his teacup and met her eyes.
Grace cackled. “Well, uh, are these presents really for us?”
“Yes, of course.” Toby nodded. “If these presents weren’t for you both, I wouldn’t have brought them here, right?”
A flicker of joy flashed across Grace’s eyes before it was quickly replaced by a conflicted look. “I know that, but these presents are too valuable for us, so you’d better take them back,” she said while pushing the gift boxes toward Toby.
When he heard her words, Curtis, who had been in a state of excitement after getting his hands on the good wines, instantly came to his senses as well. He looked down at the wine bottle in his arms. She’s right. I was so excited to see these wines that I didn’t care about anything else, but I forgot how much these wines are worth. Indeed, I can’t accept such valuable wines without hesitation.
“Sigh…” Letting out a reluctant sigh, he put the wine bottle back in its box and pushed it toward Toby. “My wife is right. Toby, these presents are really too valuable, so you’d better take them back. We’re already satisfied with the kindness you’re showing us.”
“Yeah, that’s right.” Grace nodded.
Toby looked at the presents that had been pushed back toward him. He replied with a soft chuckle, “Mr. and Mrs. Lane, you don’t have to do this. These presents might be valuable to you two, but they’re chicken feed to me, so you may accept them with an open heart. And besides, I’m gifting you two with these, not only to thank you for taking care of Little Leaf in the past, but also to let you two know how sincerely I love her. It’s somewhat vulgar to use money to show my sincerity, but this is the best way to let you two see it at a glance.”
